Affordable Care Act Survives Third Supreme Court Challenge
Connecticut Enacts New Pay Equity Law
Pay Equity Laws are a Growing Trend Among States
Generally, in the United States, your employer must pay the same compensation — including wages/salary, benefits and bonuses — for the same work regardless of gender, race, age, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability or other protected characteristics. These general protections for equal pay are provided by federal law.
In order to strengthen protection for workers, most states have enacted “equal pay”…
Common Wage Theft Schemes
Illegal Wage Theft: Four Common Schemes
Illegal wage theft happens when employees do not get ALL of their earned wages. As reported in Teen Vogue and GQ Magazine, studies have shown that millions of workers suffer some form of wage theft every year. A 2017 study estimated the number to be 2.4 million workers for a total loss of $8 billion in worker wages every year, and that study evaluated wage theft in only…
Bloomberg Law Publishes Three-Part Series by Carol Buckmann on Using Mandatory Arbitration to Avoid ERISA Class Actions
With the significant increase in fiduciary breach class actions, plan fiduciaries have added provisions, including mandatory arbitrations, to their contracts, in an effort to gain control of and rein in litigation. The burning question, however, is where do the courts stand on forcing ERISA plan participants to engage in arbitration.
Carol Buckmann, cofounding partner of Cohen & Buckmann and a foremost authority in ERISA and pension law, explores this in her three-part series, “Using…
Third Thursdays With Ruthie: Employer Free Speech Under the NLRA (Podcast)
In the June edition of our Third Thursdays podcast series, Ruthie Goodboe discusses Section 8(c) of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) in the context of a case recently decided by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The speaker explains the distinctions between permitted and prohibited employer communications.…
Global Guided Tour for US Multinational Employers: Asia Pacific
New York Reaches 70 Percent: What Does That Mean for NY Employers?
Correctional Officer Psychological Screening
COVID-19: No Excuse to Lay/Off Employees
As the proverbial dust from the chaotic storm of events caused by the COVID-19 pandemic begins to settle, more and more cases addressing its impact on employee rights are being decided. In Ristanovic v. Corma Inc., and Eliyahu Asafov v Corma Inc., 2021, ONSC 4108, the employee Plaintiffs (who were successfully represented by Jordan Reiner […]
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NYPD Psychological Disqualification-Psychological NOPD-2nd interview
